I'd suspect that if you count any man aged~18-60 as a fighter you'd get about that ratio by blowing up random houses. (View Post)

Having spent a little time in that world... Outside of the true genius, pure maths lecturer at 25 etc etc Who is the best and who isn't in academia plays more than not to subjectivity. Are some peopl… (View Post)

I agree. We assumed that opening our markets to the Chinese* would help us influence them but forgetting that it also allows China to influence us. *Other illiberal societies are available. (View Post)

Acshuly... Iran's got a pretty complex economy, being blacklisted from the world economy has given the quite a diverse set of industries. When compared to Saudi they a much less dependant on resource… (View Post)

Would be interested to know if any of the equity holders also own the debt. (View Post)